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OBD2Tech Capture + Journal

Software that carries vehicle data from capture hardware into a reviewable journal without losing where a reading came from.

In short: Vehicle signal → Capture → Receipt → Journal

Why I built it

Vehicle data is difficult to trust when transport state, capture identity, and later interpretation are mixed together.

What exists

Capture and Journal operate as a private diagnostic family with attended hardware evidence and deliberately separated ingestion authorities.

How it works

A device-side capture path produces bounded artifacts and receipts; a local journal records provenance, review state, and diagnostic interpretation.

  • Device and vehicle capture
  • Sanitized capture receipts
  • Local diagnostic journal
  • Simulated and attended validation paths

My role

Designed the hardware-facing capture flow, transport controls, evidence receipts, journal model, and recovery procedures; directed the implementation and validated it against real hardware and simulator paths.

What I checked

  • physicalAttended hardware capture and device workflow
  • runtimeLocal capture and journal authorities exercised

What stays bounded

  • No VIN or personal vehicle history is public
  • Diagnostic support is not a repair guarantee
  • Capture and journal authorities remain distinct

What is missing

  • The private core is vehicle- and device-dependent and is not packaged as a general consumer product.

Next

Release a synthetic diagnostic bundle and provenance specification.

Later ideas, not current features

  • Produce a public-safe parser and simulator subset
  • Expand redaction tooling
  • Recruit a narrowly defined design partner